thor, thorvaldsen, 1909, june, 1987, norwegian, sailor, olympic, champion, born, bamble, died, bærum, competed, 1948, summer, olympics, london, where, received, gold, medal, dragon, class, helmsman, boat, personal, informationnationalitynorwegianborn, 1909, 19. Thor Thorvaldsen 31 May 1909 30 June 1987 1 was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion He was born in Bamble and died in Baerum He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as helmsman on the boat Pan 2 Thor ThorvaldsenPersonal informationNationalityNorwegianBorn 1909 05 31 31 May 1909Bamble NorwayDied30 June 1987 1987 06 30 aged 78 Achievements and titlesOlympic finals2Medal record Men s sailingRepresenting NorwayOlympic Games1948 London Dragon1952 Helsinki DragonHe competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he again received a gold medal with Pan 3 See also EditList of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailingReferences Edit Bolme Magne Thor Thorvaldsen In Helle Knut ed Norsk biografisk leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 21 January 2013 1948 Summer Olympics London United Kingdom Sailing databaseOlympics com Archived from the original on 2007 08 30 Retrieved April 18 2008 1952 Summer Olympics Helsinki Finland Sailing databaseOlympics com Archived from the original on 2007 08 27 Retrieved April 18 2008 External links EditThor Thorvaldsen at World Sailing old website Thor Thorvaldsen at Olympics com Thor Thorvaldsen at Olympedia This article about a Norwegian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to yacht racing in Norway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thor Thorvaldsen amp oldid 1137105096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
